A Season for Adventure: Steve Hoffman
"A Season for Adventure: Steve Hoffman
Show Notes:
Join us for an inspiring and fun conversation with Steve Hoffman, a James Beard award winner for food writing whose life story spans continents and careers.
In this episode, we explore Steve's fascinating background as an author, tax preparer, and distinguished food writer.
We delve into the Hoffman family's serendipitous move to Languedoc, France, which evolved from a planned semester-long stay into an extended adventure. Steve shares how he balanced his work as a tax preparer by immersing himself in French culture, allowing his family to live abroad within budget constraints.
A Season for That: Lost and Found in Other Southern France
We get an inside look at Steve's book, an eight-year labor of love that captures their immersion in a winemaking village and personal growth. Steve passionately advocates for cultivating long-term relationships and deep connections, highlighting the richness they bring to life experiences.
Navigating Life
The subject of managing financial challenges, the impact of COVID-19 and balancing real life while on their semi-nomadic lifestyle journeys came up. Steve emphasizes the significance of embracing local seasons, food, and forming deep connections to a place, sharing their longing to return to the Languedoc region.
Practice for Retirement or Rewirement
Tune in for a heartwarming and insightful discussion about finding purpose, embracing new cultures, and the transformative power of long-term travel. Whether you're a seasoned nomad or dreaming of your first big adventure, this episode offers wisdom and inspiration for all.
Resources and Links:
Steve's Website: https://www.sjrhoffman.com
https://www.amazon.com/Season-That-Found-Southern-France/dp/0593240286
A Season For That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France
https://www.instagram.com/sjrhoffman
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Steve Hoffman
Author/ Tax Preparer / Food Writer
Steve Hoffman is a Minnesota tax preparer and food writer, as well as a French speaker and shameless Francophile. His writing has won multiple awards, including the 2019 James Beard M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award. He has been published in Food & Wine, The Washington Post, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Artful Living magazine. His first book, A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France, will be published in July 2024, edited by Francis Lam. It is the story of his family's gradual (then precipitous) acceptance into a tiny Languedoc winemaking village, of his bottom-up education in Mediterranean food and wine, and of a hard-won self-acceptance in mid-life. Hoffman shares one acre on Turtle Lake, in Shoreview, Minnesota, with his wife, Mary Jo, their elderly and entitled puggle, roughly 80,000 honeybees, and a nesting pair of sandhill cranes who summer in the backyard.
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